Wem · Shropshire · England
Updated September 2026
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At this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Myrtle Villa, New Street, Wem, Shrewsbury, SY4 5AF | 29 August 2025 | £360,000 |
| 83, New Street, Wem, Shrewsbury, SY4 5AF | 1 May 2025 | £115,000 |
| 83, New Street, Wem, Shrewsbury, SY4 5AF | 21 July 2023 | £122,000 |
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
St Peter's CofE Primary School
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The Thomas Adams School
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Woodlands School
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Within 1 mile of this postcode
Census 2021
24 female, 17 male
1,320 residents
1,139 residents
1,724 residents
2,726 residents
2,431 residents
This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SY4 5 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
NHS ODS
1
within 5 km
NEW STREET, WEM, SHREWSBURY, SY4 5AF
ODS code M82035
0 m
Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Wem Rail Station
RLY · Wem
Prees Rail Station
RLY · Prees
Yorton Rail Station
RLY · Yorton
Old Bronington Post Office
BCT · Bronington
Old Bronington Post Office
BCT · Bronington
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Shropshire 008B, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
7 of 10
Overall England rank
23,134 of 33,755
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.
Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.
A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.
Recorded sales
The five-year median is £140,100 from 6 recorded sales in SY4 5AF. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Shropshire is £284,036 in June 2026, up 4.9% year on year.
Published establishments
7 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 1 secondary schools. St Peter's CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 146 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Published police records
433 published events cover 12 months, averaging 36.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 215 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.